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APAT European Amateur Team Championship
Mikeyboy9361:
The teams should be picked as per the final season ranking positions, this is the only fair way of doing so, otherwise captains will end up picking people they know, or their closest pals in the APAT community. To have come close to the top of the rankings indicates great support to the APAT events both live and on line, and as such these people deserve to play in the big "selectorial" events on merit. As I have expressed in earlier posts I am not wholly happy with the points system for this season, and I am fully aware that Des is on the case for next season, but if we have a league table to show who are our best players in season 2 then to me it is a no brainer to use it! Unfortunately that means I haven"t got a chance of selection, maybe next year?
MAIR:
Well unfortunately for me, the UK Forum Championship was a non-ranking event and although I won it, I dont get ranking points for the leaderboard.
tumblet:
--- Quote from: xxMAIRxx on August 05, 2008, 16:55:51 PM ---
Well unfortunately for me, the UK Forum Championship was a non-ranking event and although I won it, I dont get ranking points for the leaderboard.
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im sure u will be high on the consideration list...
Team Wales FTW obv
Jon MW:
--- Quote from: xxMAIRxx on August 05, 2008, 16:55:51 PM ---
Well unfortunately for me, the UK Forum Championship was a non-ranking event and although I won it, I dont get ranking points for the leaderboard.
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I think this is a good example of where the team captains can use a bit of judgment. Some people might be known to be good, but not scored highly in the National Championships.
I think this organisation of choosing the teams is much better than just going by the rankings, it enables the captains to look at the bigger picture rather than just APAT. Being a captain in this tournament is much more than just a honorary title, the judgment of the captains could have a real bearing on the tournament result.
I think it"s unlikely that anybody will get picked just for being friends with a team captain - this kind of thinking seriously underestimates the will to win of just about anybody who takes part in APAT tournaments. I"m extremely confident that whatever the nitty gritty details of how the teams get chosen the underlying concept that all of the team captains will have in mind will be -who are the best people to make us the most likely to win.
APAT:
--- Quote from: Mikeyboy9361 on August 05, 2008, 11:39:17 AM ---
The teams should be picked as per the final season ranking positions, this is the only fair way of doing so, otherwise captains will end up picking people they know, or their closest pals in the APAT community. To have come close to the top of the rankings indicates great support to the APAT events both live and on line, and as such these people deserve to play in the big "selectorial" events on merit. As I have expressed in earlier posts I am not wholly happy with the points system for this season, and I am fully aware that Des is on the case for next season, but if we have a league table to show who are our best players in season 2 then to me it is a no brainer to use it! Unfortunately that means I haven"t got a chance of selection, maybe next year?
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Unfortunately it"s not that simple. Many many players have shown incredible support to APAT and not scored many points at all, while some have done extremely well in a smaller number of events. As with Mary, we may well crown our World Amateur Champion in a couple of weeks time and find that he cannot get within miles of a team spot. Now, that may be right, however I think it is correct that the captain should have the final decision on team makeup.
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